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Author
Publisher
Henry Holt and Company
Pub. Date
2018.
Edition
First Edition.
Physical Desc
258 pages ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
American historian Hannah intends to immerse herself in World War II research in Paris, wary of paying much attention to the city where a youthful misadventure once left her dejected. But a chance encounter with Tariq, a Moroccan teenager whose visions of the City of Lights as a world of opportunity and rebirth starkly contrast with her own, disrupts her plan. Hannah agrees to take Tariq in as a lodger, forming an unexpected connection with the young...
Author
Pub. Date
2003
Language
English
Description
Ann Holmes, a sixteen-year-old itinerant mushroom picker has seen the Virgin Mary in the woods near North Fork, Washington. Father Collins finds Ann disturbingly alluring, but must stay impartial so he can judge the veracity of her sightings. Carolyn Greer becomes Ann's impromptu publicity manager, and Tom Cross sees the visions as the last chance for redemption for himself and his son.
43) The harbor
Author
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Formats
Description
When fifteen-year-old Oscar Dreyer-Hoff disappears, the police assume he's simply a runaway--a typically overlooked middle child doing what teenagers do all around the world. But his frantic family is certain that something terrible has happened. After all, what runaway would leave behind a note that reads: He looked around and saw the knife that had stabbed Basil Hallward. He had cleaned it many times, till there was no stain left upon it. It was...
44) Allie and Bea
Author
Language
English
Description
Bea has barely been scraping by since her husband died. After falling for a telephone scam, she loses everything and is forced to abandon her trailer. With only two-thirds of a tank in her old van, she heads toward the Pacific Ocean with her cat--on a mission to reclaim whats rightfully hers, even if it means making others pay for what she lost. When fifteen-year-old Allies parents are jailed for tax fraud, she's sent to a group home. But when her...
45) Gem & Dixie
Author
Publisher
Balzer + Bray, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Lexile measure
HL 650L
Language
English
Description
"Gem has never known what it is to have security. She's never known an adult she can truly rely on. But the one constant in her life has been Dixie. Gem grew up taking care of her sister when no one else could: not their mother, whose issues make it hard for her to keep food on the table, and definitely not their father, whose intermittent presence is the only thing worse than his frequent absence. Even as Gem and Dixie have grown apart, they've always...
46) Lakeside cottage
Author
Pub. Date
2005
Language
English
Description
Kate Livingston returns to her family's lakeside cottage, expecting it to be vacant. Instead, she encounters a teenage girl who has been living there without permission. As she becomes more deeply involved in the young girl's situation, she is drawn to her mysterious handsome neighbor, who's hiding a secret identity.
Author
Publisher
Algonquin
Pub. Date
2018.
Edition
First edition.
Lexile measure
790L
Physical Desc
319 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Teenage Bina runs away to New York City's Catherine House, a young women's residence in Greenwich Village with a tragic history and dark secrets, where she is drawn to her mysterious downstairs neighbor Monet.
Author
Series
Publisher
Katherine Tegen Books, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2019]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
463 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Terrified of her magical power after a horrifying incident resulting from her lack of control, teenage runaway, Vesper Montgomery, enters a dangerous tournament for a chance to rewrite the past and reverse the mistakes that have changed her forever.
49) Road tripped
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2019]
Edition
First edition.
Lexile measure
HL 610L
Physical Desc
330 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Seventeen-year-old Steven "Stiggy" Gabel tries to cope with his father's suicide, his mother's depression, and his girlfriend's departure by taking off down the Great River Road from Minnesota to Louisiana.
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
They were six normal teenagers linked only by their wealthy parents' annual business meeting...until a chance discovery revealed the shocking truth: their parents are the secret criminal society known as the Pride. For years, the Pride controlled all criminal activity in Los Angeles, ruling the city with an iron fist...and now, with their true natures exposed, the Pride will take any measures necessary to protect their organization--even if it means...
51) Taty went west
Author
Publisher
Rosarium
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
1 online resource : illustrations
Language
English
Description
After Taty runs away from home, she is kidnapped by a malicious imp in the dinosaur-infested Outzone. She soon encounters more and more bizarre things.
53) A summer secret
Author
Series
Mysteries of Middlefield volume 1
Pub. Date
2010
Language
English
Formats
Description
Thirteen-year-old Mary Beth Mullet and her twin brother, Johnny, discover that someone has been spending time in the old barn Mary Beth escapes to when she needs time to herself.
Author
Series
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : chiefly color illustrations ; 26 cm
Language
English
Description
Still on the run from their super-villain parents, this motley crew of super-powered kids finds a kindred spirit in a daring young stranger and welcomes him into the fold. But will he help them or tear them apart?
Author
Series
Tess of the road volume 2
Publisher
Random House Children's Books
Pub. Date
[2022]
Edition
First edition.
Lexile measure
800L
Physical Desc
501 pages ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Tess Dombegh sails south as a spy, hunting for evidence of politically-motivated crimes, while also hunting for the last World Serpent that could save her friend, Pathka" --
Author
Publisher
DC Ink
Pub. Date
[2019]
Lexile measure
HL 260L
Physical Desc
222 pages : chiefly illustrations (some color) ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
When living with her mother's abusive boyfriend becomes unbearable, fifteen-year-old Selina Kyle, the future Catwoman, runs away and struggles to find her own identity while living on the streets of Gotham.
Author
Publisher
Simon Pulse
Pub. Date
2019.
Edition
First Simon Pulse hardcover edition.
Lexile measure
HL 700L
Physical Desc
375 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Eden McKinley knows she can't count on much in this world, but she can depend on Bonnie, her solid, steady, straight-A best friend. So it's a bit of a surprise when Bonnie runs away with the boyfriend Eden knows nothing about five days before the start of their final exams. Especially when the police arrive on her doorstep and Eden finds out that Bonnie's boyfriend is actually their music teacher, Mr. Cohn. Sworn to secrecy and bound by loyalty, only...
59) House of furies
Author
Series
House of furies volume 1
Lexile measure
HL 810L
Language
English
Description
After escaping a harsh school where punishment was the lesson of the day, seventeen-year-old Louisa Ditton is thrilled to find employment as a maid at a boarding house. But soon after her arrival at Coldthistle House, Louisa begins to realize that the house's mysterious owner, Mr. Morningside, is providing much more than lodging for his guests. Far from a place of rest, the house is a place of judgment, and Mr. Morningside and his unusual staff are...
60) Buzz kill
Author
Publisher
47North
Pub. Date
[2020]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
444 pages ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
"Pandora Lynch lives in Alaska with her single dad, an online therapist for Silicon Valley's brightest and squirreliest. Homeschooled by computer and a self-taught hacker, Pandora is about to enter high school to learn how to be normal. That's the plan at least. NorCal runaway George Jedson is a hacker too--one who leaves the systems he attacks working better than before. After being scooped up by a social media giant, will George go legit--or pull...